Stuffed Pavakkai (or) Kakarkkai Potta Chilchi Karam

This recipe was created by my Mother- in law who is an excellent cook. She enjoys cooking and am starting to learn from her :) Thanks a lot athamma for teaching me good good recipes :) :)

Ingredients Required :


Pavakkai - 2
Garlic - 1 Piece
Onion - 1/2
Red Chillis - 1 big or 2 small
Chutney paruppu - 1 small cup
Dhaniya - 1/4 spoon
Coconut - 3 or 4 small pieces
Oil - 2 spoons
Salt to Taste
Tamarind water

Procedure :


Pavakkai Fry:

• Slice the Pavakkai into 3 pieces each. 
• We do not need the stuffing inside pavakkai so remove it. 
• Take one big cup of tamarind water in a pressure cooker. 
• Add salt to this water. 
• Place the pavakkai in this water.
• Make sure that all the pavakkai pieces are totally immersed in this water. 
• Make sure it cooks as long as 6 whistles from the pressure cooker is released. 
• The reason why we do this is that this removes the sourness from the vegetable. 
• Once the pressure is released poke the pavakkai with a fork and check if it has softened. 
• Once done remove the water totally from the pavakkai. 
• Take a kadai and add some oil. 
• Fry the pavakkai in this oil till it turns brown. 
• Keep the oil aside.

Stuffing:

• Grind the red chilli,chutney dal, salt,coconut, dhaniya and garlic little coarsely. 
• Then add the onion to this powder and slightly grind it once. 
• Once this is done add this powder in the oil that you used for frying pavakkai and mix it well. 
• Stuff this whole mixture inside the pavakkai and enjoy it with steaming hot ghee rice.

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